Title 53

NRS 616C.707 Insurer to designate claim as for catastrophic injury if injury later satisfies requirements for catastrophic injury. An insurer that did not originally accept a claim as a claim for a catastrophic injury shall designate the claim as a claim for a catastrophic injury…

NRS 616C.710 Rescission or revision of determination of catastrophic injury. An insurer that has accepted a claim for a catastrophic injury may thereafter rescind or revise its original determination that the injury is a catastrophic injury if: 1. Medical evidence supports the re…

NRS 616C.720 Requirements for adjuster who administers claim for catastrophic injury. An adjuster who administers a claim for a catastrophic injury must: 1. Have at least 4 years of experience in adjusting workers’ compensation claims for lost time; or 2. Have at least 2 years of…

NRS 616C.730 Policy of insurance required to include coverage for services provided through telehealth; limitations. 1. Every policy of insurance issued pursuant to chapters 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS must include coverage for services provided to an employee through teleheal…

NRS 616D.010 Penalties and remedies are cumulative; exceptions. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616A.020, 616B.600 and 616C.190, no penalty or remedy provided in this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B or 616C of NRS is exclusive of any other penalty or remedy, but is cumulative a…

NRS 616D.020 Immunity from criminal penalty or civil action for libel, slander or similar tort for disclosure of information relating to violation. No person is subject to any criminal penalty or civil liability for libel, slander or any similar cause of action in tort if the per…

NRS 616D.030 Limitation of liability of insurer or third-party administrator; administrative fines are exclusive remedies. 1. No cause of action may be brought or maintained against an insurer or a third-party administrator who violates any provision of this chapter or chapter 61…

NRS 616D.050 Power of hearing officers, appeals officers and Administrator when conducting hearings or other proceedings; authority of appeals officer to grant discovery to a party. 1. Appeals officers, the Administrator, and the Administrator’s designee, in conducting hearings o…

NRS 616D.060 Disciplinary action by hearing officer or panel: Procedural requirements; powers and duties of officer or panel; appeals. 1. Any disciplinary action taken by a hearing officer or panel pursuant to NRS 616A.467 is subject to the same procedural requirements which appl…

NRS 616D.065 Disciplinary action by appeals officer: Order requiring attorney or representative of party to pay certain costs incurred because of continuance or delay in scheduled hearing. 1. An appeals officer, in conducting hearings or other proceedings pursuant to the provisio…

NRS 616D.070 Enforcement of orders, subpoenas and other procedures relating to hearing. If any person: 1. Disobeys an order of an appeals officer, a hearing officer, the Administrator or the Administrator’s designee, or a subpoena issued by the Administrator, Administrator’s desi…

NRS 616D.080 Fees: Officers serving subpoenas; witnesses; procedure for payment. 1. Each officer who serves a subpoena is entitled to receive the same fees as a sheriff. 2. Each witness who appears, in obedience to a subpoena which has been issued pursuant to this chapter or chap…

NRS 616D.090 Depositions of witnesses. 1. In an investigation, the Administrator or a hearing officer may cause depositions of witnesses residing within or without the State to be taken in the manner prescribed by law and Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure for taking depositions in …

NRS 616D.100 Transcripts: Introduction in evidence; availability to parties. 1. A transcribed copy of the evidence and proceedings, or any specific part thereof, of any final hearing or investigation, made by a stenographer appointed by an appeals officer, a hearing officer, the …

NRS 616D.110 Order to cease business operations if employer fails to provide or maintain coverage for industrial insurance: Power of Administrator; contents; procedure; assistance from law enforcement agency. 1. In addition to any other remedy provided for by law, if any employer…

NRS 616D.115 Failure to comply with order to cease business operations; penalties; cumulative nature of penalties. 1. A person shall not knowingly fail to comply with an order issued by the Administrator pursuant to NRS 616D.110 to cease immediately all business operations at a p…

NRS 616D.120 Administrative fines and benefit penalties for certain violations; powers of Administrator; revocation or withdrawal of certificate of self-insurance or registration as third-party administrator; claim against bond for payment of administrative fines or benefit penal…

NRS 616D.130 Investigation of alleged violation; determination of Administrator. 1. Upon receipt of a complaint for a violation of subsection 1, 2 or 3 of NRS 616D.120, or if the Administrator has reason to believe that such a violation has occurred, the Administrator shall: (a) …

NRS 616D.140 Benefit penalties: Appeal of imposition of penalty or determination made by Administrator; finality of imposition of penalty; payment of penalty; recovery by Administrator of unpaid penalty; agreement in settlement of penalty; disciplinary action for failure to make …

NRS 616D.145 Administrative fines: Appeal of imposition of fine; finality of imposition of fine; payment of fine; recovery by Division of unpaid fine. 1. If a person wishes to contest a decision of the Administrator to impose an administrative fine pursuant to this chapter or cha…

NRS 616D.150 Appeal of decisions of Administrator. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616D.140, 616C.220 and 617.401, any party who is aggrieved by a decision of the Administrator may appeal that decision directly to the district court. (Added to NRS by 1981, 1454; A 1987, 655; …

NRS 616D.160 Administrator to post information concerning benefit penalties on Internet website of Division; database. 1. If the Administrator orders an insurer, organization for managed care, health care provider, third-party administrator, employer or professional employer orga…

NRS 616D.200 Failure of employer to provide, secure and maintain compensation: Procedure for determination and appeal; penalty. 1. If the Administrator finds that an employer within the provisions of NRS 616B.633 has failed to provide and secure compensation as required by the te…

NRS 616D.210 Engagement in new business after termination of prior business while owing premiums, interest or penalties to private carriers: Prohibitions; penalties. 1. Any person who: (a) Is the legal or beneficial owner of 25 percent or more of a business which terminates opera…

NRS 616D.220 Liability for false statement or failure to report material fact concerning amount of payroll or misrepresentation of classification or duties of employee as related to amount of payroll; appeal; penalty. 1. If the Administrator finds that any employer or any employe…

NRS 616D.230 Failure of employer to pay amount charged for engaging in certain prohibited acts; civil liability; additional penalties; disposition of amount collected. 1. An employer who fails to pay an amount of money charged to the employer pursuant to the provisions of NRS 616…

NRS 616D.240 Deduction from wages of employee prohibited; requirement by employer that employee provide compensation on own behalf prohibited; enforcement of prohibited acts by Attorney General. 1. Any employer who makes any charge against any employee or who deducts from the wag…

NRS 616D.250 Refusal of employer to submit records for inspection; penalty. 1. A self-insured employer, a member of an association of self-insured public or private employers or an employer insured by a private carrier who refuses to submit his or her books, records and payroll t…

NRS 616D.260 Refusal of employer to produce document for audit; order to compel; penalty for failure to comply with order. 1. If an employer refuses to produce any book, record, payroll report or other document in conjunction with an audit conducted by a private carrier or the De…

NRS 616D.270 Failure to post and maintain notices. Any employer who fails: 1. To post the notice required by NRS 616A.490 and 616B.650 in a place that is readily accessible and visible to employees is guilty of a misdemeanor. 2. To maintain the notice or notices required by NRS 6…

NRS 616D.290 Injury of minor unlawfully employed. If any worker at the time of an injury is under the minimum age prescribed by law for the employment of a minor in the occupation in which the worker is engaged when injured, the employer is liable to the Division for a penalty of…

NRS 616D.300 False statements or representations to obtain benefits; concealment of material fact to obtain benefits; penalty. Unless a different penalty is provided pursuant to NRS 616D.370 to 616D.410, inclusive, a person who knowingly makes a false statement or representation,…

NRS 616D.310 False statements or representations concerning employment of person receiving benefits; penalty. A person who knowingly makes a false statement or representation concerning the employment of a person who is receiving benefits pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclus…

NRS 616D.320 Employment of person who is receiving unlawful payments for temporary total disability prohibited; penalty. 1. An employer shall not knowingly offer employment or continue to employ a person who is receiving payments for a temporary total disability in violation of t…

NRS 616D.330 Improper oral or written communications with treating physician or chiropractic physician of injured employee; exceptions; penalty. 1. An insurer, an employer, an organization for managed care, a third-party administrator or the representative of any of those persons…

NRS 616D.350 Definitions. As used in NRS 616D.350 to 616D.440, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Charge” means any communication, whether oral, written, electronic or magnetic, which is used to identify specific accident benefits as reimbursable pursuant to ch…

NRS 616D.360 Circumstances under which person is deemed to have knowledge of falsity or deemed to have made or caused certain action. For the purposes of NRS 616D.370 and 616D.380: 1. A person shall be deemed to know that a charge, statement or representation is false if the pers…

NRS 616D.370 False charges, representations and statements; penalty. 1. A person shall not, by any act or omission: (a) Make a charge or cause it to be made knowing the charge to be false, in whole or in part; (b) Make or cause to be made a statement or representation for use in …

NRS 616D.380 Invoices containing false information; signature required; presumption. 1. Each invoice for payment for accident benefits provided to an injured employee must: (a) Contain a statement that all matters stated therein are true and accurate; and (b) Be signed by a natur…

NRS 616D.390 Certain acts relating to offer, payment, transfer, acceptance or solicitation of additional value prohibited; improper use of referral fees; exceptions; penalty. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person shall not: (a) While acting on behalf of a prov…

NRS 616D.400 Failure to maintain and make available necessary records; penalty. 1. A person who, upon submitting a charge for or upon receiving payment for accident benefits pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS, intentionally fails to maintain such …

NRS 616D.410 Conspiracy to commit prohibited acts. Any person who conspires with any other person to violate: 1. Any of the provisions of NRS 616D.200 is guilty of a misdemeanor. 2. Any of the provisions of NRS 616D.220, 616D.240, 616D.300, 616D.310 or 616D.350 to 616D.440, inclu…

NRS 616D.415 Fraud; conspiracy to commit fraud; penalty. 1. An employer who knowingly makes a false statement or representation or knowingly conceals a material fact regarding the eligibility of a person claiming benefits under this chapter or chapter 616A, 616B, 616C or 617 of N…

NRS 616D.420 Provider of health care convicted of fraudulent practice prohibited from receiving or accepting payment for accident benefits; penalty. 1. No provider of health care who has been convicted of violating any provision of NRS 616D.370 to 616D.410, inclusive, may, for 5 …

NRS 616D.430 Civil penalties for person who receives payment or benefit to which person is not entitled. 1. A person who receives a payment or benefit to which the person is not entitled by reason of a violation of any of the provisions of NRS 616D.300, 616D.370, 616D.380, 616D.3…

NRS 616D.440 False claim for payment: Withholding by insurer of payment to provider of health care; procedure for withholding; appeal. 1. An insurer may withhold any payment due a provider of health care pursuant to the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 6…